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Technorati is indexing me again! They had to make a code change to fix
the problem with my blog getting stuck in their queue. Kudos to Eric M.
and the guys at
GetSatisfaction.com
where they have "community powered support for Technorati".

Well, they're "sorta, kinda" indexing me anyway. It's on a 24 hour tape
delay or something. So I never get picked up by Memeorandum because they
pull from Technorati and Technorati has stuff I posted yesterday
listed as my latest blog entry. And that's old news to Memeorandum.

Wankers.

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As Americans have begun shopping for health plans on the insurance exchanges,
they are discovering that insurers are restricting their choice of doctors and
hospitals in order to keep costs low, and that many of the plans exclude
top-rated hospitals.

The Obama administration made it a priority to keep down the cost of insurance
on the exchanges, the online marketplaces that are central to the Affordable
Care Act. But one way that insurers have been able to offer lower rates is by
creating networks that are far smaller than what most Americans are accustomed
to.

The decisions have provoked a backlash. In one closely watched case, Seattle
Children's Hospital has filed suit against Washington's insurance commissioner
after a number of insurers kept it out of their provider networks. "It is
unprecedented in our market to have major insurance plans exclude Seattle
Children's," said Sandy Melzer, senior vice president.

The result, some argue, is a two-tiered system of health care: Many of the
people who buy health plans on the exchanges have fewer hospitals and doctors
to choose from than those with coverage through their employers.

A number of the nation's top hospitals — including the Mayo Clinic in
Minnesota, Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, and children's hospitals in Seattle,
Houston and St. Louis — are cut out of most plans sold on the exchange.

In most cases, the decision was about the cost of care.

But don't worry America. That "two-tier" thing is only temporary. Soon
nobody will be able to keep their doctor, because next year is
when those employer-sponsored plans get
deep-sixed by Obamacare's rules.

A new and independent analysis of ObamaCare warns of a ticking time bomb,
predicting a second wave of 50 million to 100 million insurance policy
cancellations next fall -- right before the mid-term elections.

The next round of cancellations and premium hikes is expected to hit employees,
particularly of small businesses. While the administration has tried to
downplay the cancellation notices hitting policyholders on the individual
market by noting they represent a relatively small fraction of the population,
the swath of people who will be affected by the shakeup in employer-sponsored
coverage will be much broader.

An analysis by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank,
shows the administration anticipates half to two-thirds of small businesses
would have policies canceled or be compelled to send workers onto the ObamaCare
exchanges. They predict up to 100 million small and large business policies
could be canceled next year.

Hmm. 100 million very pissed-off people, mad-as-hell in fact, facing
uncertainty in their health care situation, and walking into a voting
booth for the 2014 mid-term elections. Yeah, that's a recipe for Democratic
Party electoral success.

And gee, that vile snake Dingy Harry Reid just
eliminated the Senate filibuster, because appointing a few second-tier
Marxists to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is more important than respecting
200+ years of decorum and tradition.

So OK, you guys want nuclear? I've got nuclear.

When Mitch McConnell becomes Majority Leader and declares that only 51
votes are required to repeal Obamacare, or
overturn Roe v. Wade, well, I don't want to hear Peep One from any
of you libtards lurking in the WyBlog shadows.

And after that? We move on to the
Real Fun. Because that's what happens when you repeatedly and purposefully
lie to the American people. Sorry Barry, if you like your job, you
can't keep your job.